25% Efficiency: SolFocus Introduces New Concentrating Solar PV Product

solfocus 1100s photo
photo: SolFocus

While its previous concentrating solar PV products convert about 18% of the light hitting them into electricity, the new SolFocus 1100S can achieve a panel efficiency of 25%. Intended for use in medium to utility-scale installations, the panels will be used by Spain's EMPE Solar in the recently announced 10 MW ‘world’s largest’ CPV project, expected to be completed in 2010.

Here’s how SolFocus touts the 1100S:...

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